Quote From: dede7007 I think too much emphasis has been put on "celebrity status" instead of the original title of the show which is "STALKING THE STARS".
Yes, America has a ridiculous obsession with celebrities, because they are an "image" of what the readers would like to look like AND live like. But, would they REALLY like to?
Anyway, the paparazzi should have strickter laws against what they do. Why do they call it paparazzi STALKING? (because it IS stalking) Stalking is outlawed in almost every state. I don't think that the press is any different when it comes to stalking. Because they are stalking people on their own time, in their own houses and properties, and people are being invaded by unwanted attention and downright harassment.
If I was obsessed by a teacher or special coach or doctor, (who are in the public eye as well, only in a different way), and I stalked them by taking their pictures, following them all over the city, and never left them alone, I WOULD BE ARRESTED. To me, stalking is STALKING, celebrities or not.
We need to have a boycott of all tabloids, and long enough to send a message to these people without any conscience to stop harrassing celebrities. And, maybe it would also help Americans begin to put celebrities in a better perspective in their own lives.
Dede7007
Amen to that!
Private life is private life. I don't care who the person is. EVERYONE is entitled to their private life. The only time I feel that the paparazzi should be taking photos of celebrities is at public EVENTS. Not public PLACES. Just because a celebrity is out in public it doesn't mean they are "fair game."
Years ago I saw a photo of a celebrity coming out of a funeral alongside his girlfriend, who had never been in the public eye. I was so angered by this.
As you point out, stalking is stalking. It's time the tabloids and the stalkarazzi are duly punished. I used to watch entertainment news shows but they became bogged down in nothing but gossip so much so that I rarely watch the shows anymore.
The sad reality is that people in the world today do not learn respect towards other people. Famous or not. It's difficult to have a boycott because there are way too many people obsessed with having to know what celebrities are doing every bloody second of the day.
I had an experience with a tabloid years ago. No, not writing for them but telling them exactly why I wouldn't write for them. If you get my drift. I was a freelance writer and photographer at the time. Never once was I tempted even at times I was desperate for money.
I have read horrible tales of celebrity's families being hounded by stalkarazzi and tabloids. It's time to get some control of these idiots. Fine them, jail them. DO SOMETHING!
